Tag Archive for 'Cavefish'

Neolissochilus pnar. Image credit: Uros Aksamovic.

Meet Neolissochilus pnar, World’s Largest Cavefish

Feb 8, 2023 by Natali Anderson

Neolissochilus pnar grows to over 400 mm (1.3 feet) and occurs only in the limestone caves of Meghalaya, a state in northeastern India. Neolissochilus...

Live adult male paratype of Sinocyclocheilus longicornus. Image credit: Xu et al., doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1141.91501.

New Fish Species Has Mysterious Horn-Like Structure on the Back of Its Head

Jan 24, 2023 by Natali Anderson

Sinocyclocheilus longicornus inhabits a completely dark cave in southwestern Guizhou province in China. Live adult male paratype of Sinocyclocheilus longicornus....

An engraving of a bison in the A panel of Aitzbitarte III cave in Spain. Image credit: Garate et al., doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240481.

Paleolithic Animal Engravings Found in Three Spanish Caves

Oct 29, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists have discovered figures of animals, mainly bison, engraved in a Gravettian style in three caves in northern Spain. Engravings in the A panel...

Top left: photograph of the cave angel fish (Cryptotora thamicola) in dorsal view. Bottom left: μCT of skeleton in lateral view. Right: μCT scan of pelvis in transverse view. Image credit: Zach Randall, Florida Museum of Natural History / Brooke Flammang, New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Study: At Least Eleven Species of Hillstream Loach Fish Have Land-Walking Abilities

Sep 9, 2020 by News Staff

In a study published in the Journal of Morphology, an international team of scientists has pieced together the ancestral relationships that make up the...

Amblyopsis hoosieri in life, 6.1 cm long. Image credit: M.L. Niemiller.

Hoosier Cavefish: Eyeless Fish Species Discovered in Indiana

May 30, 2014 by News Staff

Ichthyologists from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and the University of Kentucky have announced the discovery of a new eyeless cavefish in...